La Recoleta Cemetery

For the cemetery in Paraguay, see Recoleta Cemetery, Asuncion.
La Recoleta Cemetery
Cementerio de la Recoleta
Aerial view of the cemetery
Map
Details
Established1822[2]
Location
Junín 1760,[1] Buenos Aires
CountryArgentina
Coordinates34°35′17″S 58°23′35″W / 34.58806°S 58.39306°W / -34.58806; -58.39306
TypePublic
Size5.5 hectares (14 acres)[3]
No. of graves4691 vaults[4]
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La Recoleta Cemetery (Spanish: Cementerio de la Recoleta) is a cemetery located in the Recoleta neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It contains the graves of notable people, including Eva Perón, presidents of Argentina, Nobel Prize winners, the founder of the Argentine Navy, and military commanders such as Julio Argentino Roca. In 2011, the BBC hailed it as one of the world's best cemeteries,[5] and in 2013, CNN listed it among the 10 most beautiful cemeteries in the world.[6]

  1. ^ "Cementerio de la Recoleta" [La Recoleta Cemetery] (in Spanish). Buenos Aires City Government. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 2 March 2013. Dirección: Junín 1760
  2. ^ "Cementerio de la Recoleta" [La Recoleta Cemetery] (in Spanish). Buenos Aires City Government. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 12 December 2011. Durante la gobernación del Brigadier General Don Martín Rodríguez, siendo ministro de Gobierno Don Bernardino Rivadavia, como consecuencia de la expulsión de los monjes recoletos por la reforma general del orden eclesiástico y dado el aumento de la población, su huerto se transformó en el primer cementerio público que se inauguró el 17 noviembre de 1822.
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  5. ^ Wilson, Samantha (31 October 2011). "The world's best cemeteries". BBC. London. Retrieved 1 March 2013. Cementerio de la Recoleta, Buenos Aires
  6. ^ Holmes, Bruce (20 February 2013). "10 of the world's most beautiful cemeteries". Atlanta: CNN. Retrieved 1 March 2013. La Recoleta Cemetery, Buenos Aires, Argentina